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WfD. ALBRIGHT.

FENCE STAY.

No. 530,916. Patented Deo. 18, 1894.

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UNITED STATES@ PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. ALBRIGHT, OF GREENVILLE, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,916, dated December 18, 1894. Application inea April 21, 1894., serial No. 508,509. (No maar.)

To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM D. ALBRIGHT, a citizen ofy the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Darke and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fence-Stay, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stays for wire fences.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive stay for wire fences, which stay will be flexible and adapted to yield readily to any lateral. strain without bending or twisting the wire of which it isconstructed. A further object of the invention is to enable such a stay to be'readily applied to a fence.

The inventionconsists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a fence stay constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to the wires of a fence. perspective view of two of the flexible sections of the stay before the application toa fence. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the hinged portion of a stay, illustrating the manner of attachment to a fence wire.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 designates a flexible fence stay, constructed of wire and capable of being readily applied to the horizontal wire 2 of a fence, and adapted to yield readily to any lateral pressure on the fence to prevent twisting or bending the Wire of which the stay is constructed to avoid any liability of kinking, twisting and breaking the wire stay.'

The stay is constructed of a series of oppositely-arranged sections 3, disposed in pairs and having their inner ends-4. hingedly connected to the fencewires; and provided at their outer ends with loopsor eyes 5, which are linked into the adjacent similar sections.

Fig. 2 is a' detailV Each section 3 is constructed of a single 5o piece of Wire twisted to form a rigid stem 6, doubled to form the eye or loop 5 at one end `of the stem, and having the terminals of the wire coiled to form opposite eyes 7, which receive the fence wires and formahin ge joint. 5 5 The coiled terminals of the adjacent endsA of the sections are interlacedland form a continuous eye at opposite sides of the stay ateach fencewire.

It will be seen that the wire stay is exceedinglysimple and inexpensive in construction, that it is easy of application, and may be readily applied to any wire fence. It will also be apparent that the sections of the stay are flexibly connected together and flexibly attached to the horizontal fence-wires by a hinge connection, and are adapted to yield readily to any side pressure without liability of breaking the wire of which the fence stay is constructed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

A wire fence stay composed of a series of flexible sections, each constructed of a single piece of wire doubled to form a loop, which islinked into the loop of the adjacent section, twisted to form a rigid stem, and' has its terminals coiled at each side to form eyes to receive a fence Wire, the adjacent ends of the sections of the stays being interlaced onA the fence wires at opposite sides of the stay, whereby the sections are hingedly connected together and to the fence wires, and a continuously connected stay is formed, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 'own I have hereto affixed my'signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. ALBRIGHT.

Witnesses:

VoLNEY MILLER, CHAs. S. ALBRIGHT. 

